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October 4, 2016
Brooke Seipel
Even the conspiracy theorists are turning on Julian Assange.
September 27, 2016
Navneet Alang
Life’s a Snap!
Snapchat's new camera-glasses, Spectacles, herald a new cultural form—for better and worse.
September 19, 2016
Ryan Kearney
Only in New York do people use a terror plot twist as proof of their city’s specialness.
August 4, 2016
Jonathan Malesic
Don’t Hate Twitter Because of Trump
Twitter has become synonymous with glib pronouncements. But the most enduring ideas have often been expressed in fewer than 140 characters.
July 11, 2016
Clio Chang
The hottest new social network is: Pokémon Go.
July 5, 2016
Jeet Heer
The Method to Trump’s Twitter Madness
His frequent retweeting of white supremacists is more strategy than blunder.
June 21, 2016
Saif Alnuweiri
The Daily Caller, in case you needed more confirmation, is garbage.
March 29, 2016
Adam Peck
Here’s a terrible tweet from an insufferable person.
March 23, 2016
Navneet Alang
Trump Isn’t Funny Anymore, But We Should Still Make Fun of Him Online
March 12, 2016
Jeet Heer
Following in his father’s footsteps, Donald Trump Jr. retweeted a white supremacist.
March 8, 2016
Ryan Kearney
Utah’s governor blames Snapchat, reality TV, Twitter, snarky emails, and even the National Enquirer for the rise of Donald Trump.
February 29, 2016
Esther Breger
Neil deGrasse Tyson has run out of things to correct people about.
February 9, 2016
Alex Shephard
This is the worst tweet.
February 4, 2016
Navneet Alang
You Can’t Kill Twitter, Even if It Dies
February 4, 2016
Brian Beutler
Bernie Sanders Will Be Unelectable If He Keeps This Up
His Twitter feud with Hillary revealed a core issue that should dominate Thursday's debate.
February 3, 2016
Alex Shephard
What is this House GOP tweet even trying to say about Black History Month?
February 3, 2016
Adam Peck
The Sanders and Clinton campaigns are in the middle of a Twitter flame war and it’s great.
January 22, 2016
Elspeth Reeve
Hero children have tried to trick local TV into declaring their schools closed for snow with deceptive Twitter direct messages.
January 8, 2016
Maxwell Neely-Cohen
NBA Twitter is Changing the Way We Watch Sports
The NBA is tailor-made for social media—will that help it supplant the NFL as America's game?
January 7, 2016
Adam Peck
Worthwhile Canadian Tweet.

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